Republic of the Philippines Department of Education REGION VI - WESTERN VISAYAS DEC O 1 mop REGIONAL MEMORANDUM No. Hg 8.2021 To: Schools Division Superintendents All Others Concerned GUIDELINES ON THE USE OF ADDITIONAL PROGRAM SUPPORT. FUND (PSF) FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE COMMUNICATION PACKAGES 1 Attached is the Unnumbered Memorandum from the Office of the Secretary dated October 13, 2021, re Guidelines on the Use of Additional Program Support Fund (PSF) for the Reimbursement of the Communication Packages. DepEd Region VI has been allocated with funds amounting to Twenty One Million Seven Hundred Eighteen Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty Pesos (P21, 718720.00) to cover Additional Program Support Fund (PSF) for the reimbursement of the Communication Expense of Teachers who did not receive NEAP Communication Package. 2. Below is the breakdown of the Additional Program Support Fund per SDO: Schools Division Amount, Aklan_ P1,684,480.,00. ‘Antique 1,844,800.00, Bacolod City 1,158,400.00 Bago City 437,120.00 Cadiz City 454,080.00 Capiz 1,946,560.00. Escalante City 276,480.00 Guimaras 536,640.00 Himamaylan City 321,920.00 Iloilo 5,715,520.00 Iloilo City 844,480.00 Kabankalan City 585,920.00 La Carlota City 234,240.00 Negros Occidental 3,665,600.00 Passi City 268,480.00 Roxas City 359,360.00 Jae. ‘Telephone Nos: (033)509-7653; (033)336-2816 | me = Leet as 5 tmal Ades isonsedenedsouah | ean | SRE | | & ce aaa iRoxas City 359,360.00 | Sagay City 469,760.00 | San Carlos City 353,280.00 Silay City — 324,800.00 Sipalay City 236,800.00 20 P21,718,720.00 3. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired, RAMI I YTICO EdD, CESO IV Regional Director Encl: As Stated Reference: DepEd NEAP Memorandum dated November 19, 2021 To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following subjects: FUNDS ‘TEACHERS: Ares: Duran Street oo Cy 5000, Sean] OR] e_ [RR] a Teesone os 0391800 288 O28R962816 [Hy — 1a | BG ‘Website: region6.deped.gov.ph a. |Republic of the Philippines Department of Education OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY MEMORANDUM For + Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Regional Directors pur G. Wirhotoan~. From: Atty. NEPOMUCENO A. MALALUAN Undersecretary and Chief of Staff * Date 13 October 2021 Subject + Guidelines on the Use of Additional Program Support Fund (PSE) forthe Reimbursement of the Communication Expenses 4. The Department of Education (DepEd), through the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) has successfully undertaken the “Procurement of Mobile Data, Call and Text Package for the Professional Development Teachers,” which will provide fora total of 626,085 Prepaid SIM Cards to public school teachers nationwide. 2. This provision of NEAP Communication Package (Prepaid SIM Cards) is intended to facilitate the participation of public school teachers to online professional development programs and courses while the country is experiencing restrictions im Social gathering thereby disallowing the conduct of face-to-face activities, i.e. trainings and other capacity building courses. 3, The aforementioned undertaking only covered 80.00% of the total population of ‘Teacher Ito III and Master Teacher I to IV to account for the lack of strong network signal in some areas of the country. As a result, additional Program Support Funds (PS) shall be downloaded to the Schools Division Offices (SDO) (Enclosure 1) to allow the remaining 20.00% to reimburse the communications expenses they have incurred for having attended NEAP-Recognized Professional Development Program and Courses (NEAP-PDP). 4. To facilitate the reimbursement of communications expenses, all Teacher I to Teacher Ill and Master Teacher I to IV who were not provided with NEAP Communications Package are directed to:a. Secure a Certification sasued by the School Head that the requesting personnel Srss not provided with the NEAP Communications Package (Enclosure 2; b. Purchase their prepaid SIM cards; Register their prepaid SIM card number by creating, their Professional Development Information System (PDIS)_— account Te ww. Hh/neay himl. After completion of the online esistration, an email shall be sent indicating the usemame, temporary password and the steps on how to access the PDIS; 4. Register to NEAP-PDPs by selecting their preferred program or course from Tee Roster of NEAP-PDPs to be released by NEAP Central Office The registration process shal follow the provisions stated in DepEd Memo No 082, s. 2020 (Enclosure 3); and, e. Attend the program and submit all requirements to pass the course. 5. Inprocessing the request for reimbursement, the following must be enclosed: ‘a. Certificate of Attendance or any certification issued by the LSP proving the fattendance of the public school teacher to a specific online training activity (aust indicate the exact number of online training days); b. Copy of the program matrix, in case the Certificate of Attendance docs not indicate the number of online training days; c._ Certification issued by the Schoo! Head that the requesting personnel was not provided with the NEAP Communications Package: and, 4. Other necessary documents as may be required by pertinent accounting auditing rules and regulations. 6. For the initial reimbursement, all public school teachers may: ‘a. Reimburse the cost of the prepaid SIM card at a maximum of Fifty Pesos and 00/100 (P50.00); and, . Reimburse a maximum of Three Hundred Pesos and 00/100 (P300.00) worth of prepaid load. 7, Succeeding reimbursements of prepaid load shall depend on their attendance to NEAP-PDPs. 8. Fora better understanding of the benefits of the NEAP prepaid SIM card, all public School teachers are invited to view the video orientation on the NEAPCommunications Package at the Facebook page of + NEAP at https://www.facebook.com/DepEdNEAP. 9, The computation for the reimbursement of communications expense is as follows: ‘Number of Online Allowable ‘Training Days eo Ey Reimbursement 10. For more information, please contact the ‘National Educators Academy of the Philippines, DepEd Central Office, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City at telefax number (02) 8638-8638 or through email at askneap@deped.gov.ph. 11. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance of this memorandum is directed.: ble ofthe Philippines Be, en htanroren cation 3 BUDGET DIVISION - FINANCE SERVICE pe ED CENTRAL OFFICE _DepBD Complex. Manic Aver Pasi Ci -cpeasarinsT B >) EDUCATION SUB-ALLOTMENT RELEASE ORDER j To cover addtional Program Support Fund for reimbursement of Communication Expense of Teachers who did rot receive NEAP Communication Package. 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